The Salt Doll
A salt doll journeyed for thousands of miles over land, until it finally came to the sea.
It was fascinated by this strange moving mass, quite unlike anything it had ever seen before.
“Who are you?” said the salt doll to the sea.
The sea smilingly replied, “Come in and see.”
So the doll waded in.
The farther it walked into the sea the more it dissolved, until there was only very little of it left.
Before that last bit dissolved, the doll exclaimed in wonder, “Now I know what I am!”
Original parable by Ramakrishna Paramhansa, about a salt doll who wanted to measure the depth of the ocean. Edited above by Anthony De Mello.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does self-realization mean to you? Can you share an experience where you got a glimpse of who you truly are? How do you reconcile gaining an awareness of the ocean-like vastness about your true nature with the loss of the opportunity for the salt-doll experience?
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On May 12, 2022 Sunil wrote :
Kabir said " Hum sab mai, sub hai hum Mai".
Ocean is salt. Thus a salt doll is ocean. This is Self Realisation. We all exist differently but are a part of the same Creative Power of this vast Universe.
Ocean is salt. Thus a salt doll is ocean. This is Self Realisation. We all exist differently but are a part of the same Creative Power of this vast Universe.
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On May 12, 2022 Mary wrote :
A perfect parable showing our complete absorption into God when we accept the invitation to “Come and seeâ€. We eventually surrender to the One inviting.
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On May 12, 2022 Mary wrote :
Thank you. This parable highlights for me our journey into God. The invitation to “Come and see†if followed will result in our being absorbed into God.
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On May 7, 2022 David Doane wrote :
Such a lovely and profound story. Self-realization means to me becoming aware of what I really am, that is, I am Being or Ultimate Reality or Consciousness or God materialized in human form. I got little glimpse by little glimpse of the ocean like vastness of my true nature until it has become very clear to me that it is true. My awareness is growing of the salt doll experience happening for me.
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On May 6, 2022 vinod wrote :
A gem of a parable! A perfect example of 'complete surrender'. The 'dissolved' ego, quite literally. Where there's not a trace of I, me, mine. If only realisation could be this simple :) walk, on salt doll, walk on and one day the sea will appear :)
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On May 5, 2022 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
I love this short parable. I teaches us that under the duality there is oneness. The salt doll realizes that oneness by dissolving the separarateness. Our persoanl ego-based identity does not realize Universal identity as long as it holds onto ego bound identity. Selfrealization is the realizaion of my Real Self which is universal. It is anexpeirence of oneness regardless of appaternt differences. The wave is the ocean. I have had many glimpses of my real or trueself. When I am fully absorbed in meditation I lose my individual identity. Individual consciousness becomes universal consciousness. There have been times when I have expreinced oneness with nature. I have exprienced such oneness in unconditional love relationships. They are spiritual experiences for me. Such experiences have enriched my life and have made me a better person Namaste! Jagdish P Dave.